Not to sound like a broken record, but there is still no sense of urgency about resolving the crisis. Much of Sacramento is operating as if there were no crisis at all.

Perhaps we'll be seeing more dips in the coming weeks, what with the price of oil falling to around $60 a barrel.

Last night's power outage prompted the Department of Water and Power folks to tweet occasional updates on what had happened and the number of customers impacted.

Any person or firm offering to make a market in the IOUs - bringing buyers and sellers together - would have to register as a broker-dealer.

Barry Diller, appearing at the Allen & Co. get-together in Sun Valley, Idaho, expressed pessimism about the social network's prospects for making money.

Looks like another cost-cutting move by the paper's new owner, Bev Hills-based Platinum Equity. The building has 166,000 square feet of rentable space.

Things have definitely changed since the 1950s when the automaker thought nothing of using female hotties to plug their latest models.

The fresh fruit producer alleges in a Superior Court filing that it was defamed in Fredrik Gertten's documentary "Bananas." It's one more layer on an already convoluted case.

TMZ's Harvey Levin, fresh off his Michael Jackson scoops, says that covering celebrities requires the same skill set as covering the Iraq war, .

The city of L.A. should pay, of course. Sure, there's outrage over the costs of policing and other services. But in the life of a city stuff happens,

Gloomy news for shipping, lawmakers not budging on budget, L.A. traffic a little better but still bad, and Amgen has promising test results.

Things have definitely changed since the 1950s when the automaker thought nothing of using female hotties to plug their latest models.

We're hearing from lots of folks in their 40s, 50s and beyond - and less from those in their 20s who really didn't know much about him.

The central question continues to be when (or whether) the budget crisis will reach any sort of breaking point.

Columnist Bob Greene remembers the hoo-hah that took place in the days after that other king's death and sees some parallels to what's happening today.

Don't be misled by the anecdotal comments from out-of-town Jackson fans visiting L.A. to attend the memorial service - or at least to be part of the happening.